Saturday’s baseball and softball recaps.
BASEBALL
OSWAYO VALLEY 8, COUDERSPORT 1
SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. – If you had the initials “GB” Saturday for the Oswayo Valley baseball team, chances are you did something good in the Green Waves’ 8-1 win over visiting Coudersport that ran their record to 16-0 on the year.
Gavin Babcock had a two-run double in the second inning that gave Oswayo a 2-1 led. Garren Black and Gage Babcock then had run-scoring doubles in the fifth – Black’s drove in two – as the Green Wave scored four times in the inning to go up 6-1. Garret Babcock then hit a two-run home run in the sixth to set the final score.
Garren Black, who was 3-for-4 at the plate, was also the winning pitcher going 3 ⅓ innings in relief of Brandon Brabham. He gave up one hit and walked three while striking out two.
Brabham went the first three innings giving up a first-inning run. He allowed four hits and walked one while striking out two. Gavin Babcock got the final two outs, including a strikeout.
Sheldon VanPelt had a double to lead Coudersport.
Navada Waterman took the loss going four innings and allowing four runs on three hits and four walks while striking out three. Austen Saulter threw two innings allowing four runs on four hits and a walk while striking out two.
NORTH CLARION 11, VENANGO CATHOLIC 0, 5 INNINGS
FRILLS CORNERS, Pa. – Zayn and Zander Hargenrader combined on a one-hitter, as North Clarion beat visiting Venango Catholic, 11-0, in five innings.
Zayn gave up one hit in three innings of work to get the win, while Zander didn’t allow a hit in two innings on the mound.
Zayn Hargenrader, Korey Mills and Fuquannah Seales each had two hits for North Clarion.
ELK COUNTY CATHOLIC 7, ST. MARYS 4
ST. MARYS, Pa. – Ross Brennen went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored, as Elk County Catholic won the Elk County Tournament with a 7-4 win over St. Marys.
Connor O’Leary, Ryan Heary and Nate DaCanal each added two hits apiece for the Crusaders, who used a four-run third inning to take a 5-1 lead.
O’Leary was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, Heary was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored and DaCanal was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored.
Hayden Tettis led St. Marys going 3-for-3 with a run scored. Michael Beimel was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI’s and Tim Beimel was 1-for-1 with two walks and two runs scored.
Alex Dattoli got the win going five innings and allowing three runs on eight hits and two walks. Brad Dippold picked up the save going two innings and allowing a run on two hits and two walks while striking out one.
Nate Beimel took the loss. He allowed seven runs, two earned, in 5 ⅓ innings. He gave up 12 hits and walked three while striking out six.
BRADFORD 9, JOHNSONBURG 8
ST. MARYS, Pa. – Bradford built an eight-run lead after three innings and then held off a late Johnsonburg rally to claim a 9-8 victory in the consolation game of the Elk County Tournament.
The Owls used a four-run first, a three-run second and a two-run third to go up 9-1.
But Johnsonburg got a run back in the fifth and then scored six times in the sixth and had the tying run on first before Danny Manion struck out Josh Raubenstrauch to end the inning.
Manion got the save going two innings and allowing two runs on two hits and a walk while striking out three.
Connor Veceilio picked up the win going five-plus innings allowing six runs on six hits and five walks while striking out seven.
Veceilio also was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Matt Moonan was 2-for-4 with an RBI, Bryce Skaggs scored three times and Andrew Bacha scored twice for the Owls.
Justin Kasmierski was 2-for-3 with three RBIs to pace Johnsonburg. Ben Freeburg drove in two runs for the Rams, and Johnny Mitchell scored three times.
Neil MacDonald took the loss going 1 ⅓ innings allowing six runs, three earned, on three hits and two walks while striking out one. Kasmierski finished the game pitching 4 ⅔ innings allowing three runs on five hits and four walks while striking out three.
DUBOIS 1, DUBOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC 0, 8 INNINGS
DUBOIS, Pa. – Zach Sloan scored on a two-out throwing error by Jake Miknis in the bottom of the eighth innings to give DuBois a 1-0 win over DuBois Central Catholic in the City Classic at Showers Field.
Sloan had reached on an intentional walk in the eighth after Peter Foradora doubled leading off the inning as a pinch hitter and pinch runner Mitch Ferra went to third on a wild pitch promoting the intentional pass.
A groundout back to the mound moved Sloan to second with Ferra holding at third, and then Matt Agosti hit a grounder to second with Ferra out at the plate on a nice play by Michael Misiewicz for the second out. Sloan went to third on the play.
Ryan Pasternak then hit a ball to Miknis at short, and the seniors throw was off the mark to first allowing Sloan to score the winning run.
Up to that point, it had been all about pitching.
Miknis started for DCC and went seven innings allowing two hits, a walk and two hit batsmen while striking out 11. Nick Szczerba took over in the eighth and allowed one unearned run on one hit and the intentional walk.
Noah Schneider may have even been better for DuBois considering he wasn’t expecting to pitch.
Nick LaBrasca got the first two outs of the game for DuBois before leaving the mound with an injury. Schneider then came in and went 7 ⅔ innings without giving up a run. He allowed two hits, three walks and a hit a batter while striking out six to get the win.
SOFTBALL
CRANBERRY 5, ERIE CENTRAL TECH 0, CRANBERRY 3, REYNOLDS 0
SENECA, Pa. – Cranberry won its own Cancer Awareness Tournament beating Erie Central Tech 5-0 in the first round and Reynolds 3-0 in the championship game.
Natalie Barcinas threw a 1-hit shutout in the win over Erie Central. She walked one and struck out 10.
In the second game, Sarah Barcinas and Laykn Vonda combined on a three-hit shutout of Reynolds in the 3-0 win.
Sarah Barcinas got the win going four innings and allowing two hits while striking out seven. Vonda picked up the save going three innings allowing one hit and two walks while also striking out seven.
Kendra and Malliah Schreck did most of the damage on offense for the Berries.
Malliah was 2-for-2 with a double, a walk and two runs scored, while Kendra was 1-for-3 with a home run, three RBIs and a run scored. Her two-run home run in the third inning gave Cranberry a 2-0 lead.
Kelly Park was 2-for-3 for Reynolds.
REYNOLDS 4, A-C VALLEY 2; A-C VALLEY 16, ERIE CENTRAL TECH 1, 3 INNINGS
SENECA, Pa. – A-C Valley took third place at the Cranberry Cancer Awareness Tournament losing 4-2 in the first round to Reynolds before rallying in the consolation game to roll past Erie Central Tech, 16-1, in three innings.
Cami McNany and Kelsie Terwilliger had RBIs in the loss to Reynolds for the Lady Falcons with Kylee Eaton and Terwilliger scoring the runs. Eaton had a double in the contest.
Katie Stumpner took the loss going six innings and allowing four runs, three earned, on nine hits and three walks while striking out two.
Game statistics from the consolation-game win were not available.
DUBOIS CENTRAL CATHOLIC 10, CURWENSVILLE 0, 5 INNINGS
DUBOIS, Pa. – Riley Assalone pitched a four-hit, five-inning shutout and added a pair of hits, two runs scored and an RBI to lead DuBois Central Catholic to 10-0, five-inning victory over visiting Curwensville.
Assalone didn’t walk a batter and struck out four while going 2-for-3 at the plate.
Stephanie Rossi was 3-for-3 with an RBI for the Lady Cardinals, while Macey Hanes was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Sabrina Spencer scored twice.
Rylee Young took the loss allowing 10 runs, five earned, on 12 hits and a walk while striking out five in 4 ⅔ innings of work.
Emily Miller, Teghan Johnson, Camryn Richards and Chloe Tubbs had the hits for the Lady Tide.
PUNXSUTAWNEY 10, BRADFORD 0, 5 INNINGS
BRADFORD, Pa. – Allie Ishman tossed a four-hit shutout to help visiting Punxsutawney to a 10-0, 5-inning win over Bradford at Pitt-Bradford.
Ishman struck out three in picking up the win.
Samantha Satteree had three hits and Kylie Lingenfelter two, including a double, to lead the Lady Chucks offense.
Ashley Stoltz had three of Bradford’s four hits going 3-for-3 with a double.
DUBOIS 7, CORRY 4
CORRY, Pa. – Winning pitcher Samantha Fields went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI to lead DuBois to a 7-4 road win over Corry.
Fields also went seven innings allowing four runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out one.
Kaitlyn Beers added a 2-for-4 day with a run scored and an RBI for the Lady Beavers.
